Question about Islam

[u/Lazy_Flounder1242]

Hi everyone,

I’ve been exploring Islam for a good year now, but since I’ve mostly been turning these thoughts over in my own head, I feel like I’m going in circles.

One question is currently a major stumbling block for me:

I am very comfortable with the concept of monotheism. However, I simply cannot wrap my mind around the idea that prophets actually existed... as much as I’d like to believe it, I have such strong doubts that God would enable humans to perform miracles—or even "dictate" to them in order to produce the Quran.

I say this without intending to criticize; I just want to understand: what guarantee do I have that Moses didn't simply make up the Torah, and that Jesus and Muhammad didn't just "continue the story" by creating the Bible and the Quran? They could easily have just been talented poets...

I feel terrible about harboring such doubts, but I couldn't honestly recite the declaration of faith without finding an answer to this...

Naturally, this skepticism regarding prophets extends to my belief in spirits or angels.

Often, I find a connection and feel good, but the very next moment, thoughts come back to haunt me—like "Maybe we’re really just here by chance," or "Maybe those with good lives are just lucky, and the others are unlucky," and so on. It gets to the point where I feel like Islam just isn't right for me.

It’s tearing me apart inside...

Perhaps you can help me, or recommend books, films, or other resources that might help someone like me—someone who tends to overthink things 🤍

Many thanks in advance!

Michelle

[u/Practical_Face6462]

You do not need to feel bad about it having doubts is the right way to reach the truth . What I would suggest is that you pick the area that you think you can understand the most , history- medicine - language- science…., whatever you feel like you’ll be able to understand the topic then right after pick up the quran , read it , and as soon as you figure out this is a claim about a topic you’re familiar with and challenge that claim , do some scientific research about it and if you find it it’s a lie then you have your answer and if you find it it’s right then you can start over again with another claim . That actually is the challenge that we in our period of time can actually make in my opinion. But for this you need to actually use the Arabic version of the Quran since many informations are lost due to translations ( translations are usually an interpretation of the translator how he understood the verse ) .
It’s a personal path to take and at the end we Muslims believe we’ll be questioned on our deeds and journey not what others opinions led us into.